Shloka : 15

न भक्ष्यं सर्वथा मांसं यज्ञशिष्टमपि क्वचित् ।

न पेयं च सुरामद्यमपि देवनिवेदितम् ॥ 15 ॥

અને જે માંસ છે તે તો યજ્ઞનું શેષ હોય તો પણ આપત્કાળમાં પણ ક્યારેય ન ખાવું; અને ત્રણ પ્રકારની સુરા અને અગિયાર પ્રકારનું મદ્ય, તે દેવતાનું નૈવેદ્ય હોય તો પણ ન પીવું. ॥ 15 ॥

Now, meat should never be consumed, evenif, it has been offered as a sacrifice. Even during the emergency of life and death meat should never be consumed. Three types of alcoholic liquors and eleven types of wines also should not be consumed, evenif, they have been offered to deities. || 15 ||

Commentary

Shri Hari says: My devotees are on the path of salvation. Therefore, the sacrifices based on violence are totally denied. Meat 'should not be consumed at all' for one’s own pleasure, for taste, to maintain the relations or as an order of one’s Guru, evenif, it has been offered as a sacrifice to some place, i.e. sacrifice to diety, Pitru or for the funeral rites, in 'Somyagya' or some such Yagya performed by some other person. And one should not even taste it, because a miscreant, who commits violence, never attains happiness in this world or in next world. And in the act of violence, not only the performer but the one who has consent­ed, who has brought the animal, who has sold the meat, the buyer, the one who has prepared it and the one who consumes, all these are equally involved.

Now, for a householder grinding stones, flour mill, gas stove or fire place in the kitchen, place to store drinking water and broom - these five are the main places of violence. Shri Hari has suggested five 'Mahayagya' to get rid of the causes of violence at such places they are: 'Brahmayagya' i.e. to read, listen to and contemplate the narra­tives and scriptures of God, implied by the word 'Brahm'; 'Dai­vyagya' i.e. to worship and contemplate Shri Hari in one’s heart, implied by the word 'Daiv'; 'Maanushyagya' i.e. to serve or to be hospitable towards 'Manush' i.e. Saint or God’s devotee; 'Bhautikyagya' i.e. to protect meek devotees and cows, implied by the word 'Bhautik'; 'Paitrayagya' i.e. to perform proper Shraddh for the Pitrus implied by the word 'Paitra'.

Moreover, it is indicated in the original Shloka that ‘न पेयं च सुरामधमपि देवनिवेदितम् here the word ‘देव’ indicates the deities like 'Kaal Bhairav' and 'Kalkadevi' etc.; 'सुरामध' means the three types of alcoholic liquors and eleven types of wines, which have been offered to such deities by some person, should not be consumed or smelt.

Food and water which has not been offered to Shriji Maharaj and belonging to a person with evil means of earnings are also equivalent to meat and wine.